Angus, thank you for you`r reply re Currie research.I am just in the very early stages, and at the moment concentrating on researching immediate family. Curries(Currys) appear to have lived in the mid Argyll area. Old settlements such Uila,(perhaps around the present day Bridgend area of Kilmichael Glassary), Gallanach,Balliemore Aird and Carrick are mentioned together with Lochgair. The earliest information that I have is Peter Curry, married to Christian Thomson (Uila). No dates given but they had a daughter born 1771 who married Peter Curry (Gallanach), one of four children of ?Curry who married Catherine MacDougall(Morar). Another of their children, John,(Balliemore) married Mary McAlpine(?Uila) and it is from that branch that I am descended.It appears that a number of John and Mary`s family emigrated to Ontario probably in the early 1800s.They had a son Neil,born 1809 who remained in Scotland and married Isabella McEwan.They lived at Carrick where my g.grandfather Ronald Currie was born.It has always been something of a mystery as to where the "Curries" came from originally as you can see way back a Currie married a Currie.There are many Curries on the island of Islay and also the Island of Bute,but as far as I am aware, I am not related to them.There are also many Curries in Ireland.One little twist which my late father had discovered was a memorial at Lochgair to a Joseph Curry who "perished" there aged 21 in 1818. He had been a student at Glasgow University and came from Derry in Ireland. The memorial was erected by his fellow students which suggests perhaps he died very suddenly but also was not resident to the area. I am the last Currie from my particular branch, which makes me very interested to see if I can uncover any more about the family origins.....Ila
